Abstract
Excessive fruit set and foliar shading are the major deterrents to the economic productivity of peach orchards raised on vigorous rootstocks. With the objective of obtaining an appropriate level of crop together with the best quality fruit from the high-density peach orchards, studies were conducted in the sub-Himalayan subtropics of Himachal Pradesh, India. In the Experimental orchard of the Department of Fruit Science, the premium Early Grande cultivar raised on non-dwarfing wild peach seedling rootstock was selected for the studies. The orchard soil was sandy loam soil with normal physico-chemical characteristics. The experiment was laid out in RBD factorial experimental design with paclobutrazol (PBZ) and leaf-to-fruit ratio (LFR) treatment factors; three levels of PBZ viz. P1-1500 ppm, P2-2500 ppm, P3-0 ppm and four levels of LFR i.e. L1-30:1, L2-40:1, L3-50:1 and L4 - normal leaf number were tried. The findings revealed that 2500 ppm PBZ together with 40:1 LFR treatment not only reduced the number of days from full bloom to maturity but also improved fruit thinning. The fruit retention was recorded better with 1500 ppm PBZ and 50:1 LFR; however, the yield was recorded highest with 2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFR treatments. This treatment combination also resulted in better overall fruit quality in terms of fruit surface colour, total soluble solids, firmness, acidity, sugars etc. The control over vegetative growth was also observed better under this treatment combination.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFR shortened time from bloom to maturity.
- Taxon
- Peach
Prunus persicat0 - Treatment
- 2500 ppm PBZ together with 40:1 LFRe0
- Outcome
- number of days from full bloom to maturitye0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“2500 ppm PBZ together with 40:1 LFR treatment not only reduced the number of days from full bloom to maturity”
t0“Peach”
Claim · model-written summary
2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFR improved peach fruit thinning.
- Taxon
- PeachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- 2500 ppm PBZ together with 40:1 LFRe0
- Outcome
- fruit thinninge0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Verbatim
e0“2500 ppm PBZ together with 40:1 LFR treatment not only reduced the number of days from full bloom to maturity but also improved fruit thinning”
t0“Peach”
Claim · model-written summary
1500 ppm PBZ and 50:1 LFR gave better fruit retention.
- Taxon
- PeachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- 1500 ppm PBZ and 50:1 LFRe0
- Outcome
- fruit retentione0
- Direction
- bettere0
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e0“fruit retention was recorded better with 1500 ppm PBZ and 50:1 LFR”
t0“Peach”
Claim · model-written summary
2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFR gave the highest yield.
- Taxon
- PeachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- 2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFRe0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
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e0“yield was recorded highest with 2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFR treatments”
t0“Peach”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination improved peach fruit colour, soluble solids, and firmness.
- Taxon
- PeachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- 2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFRe1
- Outcome
- fruit surface colour, total soluble solids, firmnesse0
- Direction
- bettere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“This treatment combination also resulted in better overall fruit quality in terms of fruit surface colour, total soluble solids, firmness, acidity, sugars etc.”
e1“2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFR treatments”
t0“Peach”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination improved peach acidity and sugars.
- Taxon
- PeachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- 2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFRe1
- Outcome
- acidity, sugarse0
- Direction
- bettere0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“better overall fruit quality in terms of fruit surface colour, total soluble solids, firmness, acidity, sugars etc.”
e1“2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFR treatments”
t0“Peach”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination better controlled vegetative growth.
- Taxon
- PeachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- 2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFRe1
- Outcome
- control over vegetative growthe0
- Direction
- bettere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The control over vegetative growth was also observed better under this treatment combination”
e1“2500 ppm PBZ and 40:1 LFR treatments”
t0“Peach”
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